The Financial Times launching a new guide to the “energy transition

FT 15th June 2018 , The Financial Times has launched a new guide to the “energy transition” –
the long-term restructuring of the energy system away from fossil fuels and
towards renewables. In the first of six instalments, the FT delves into the
role of the energy producers, examining “how new technologies and
environmental concerns are transforming the energy mix across the world’.
The guide includes articles on how coal is fading in the developed world
but is far from dead in Asia, why renewables and high costs are challenging
the case for nuclear power, and how natural gas is vying for a big role in
the shift to low-carbon economy. The next instalment, on the role of
citizens, will be published on 31 July.https://www.ft.com/reports/energy-transition-guide

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Changing climate change“2040” paints an optimistic picture of the future of the environment

The film focuses on technological and agricultural solutions that are already being implemented to help combat climate change, The Economist Feb 19th 2019

by C.G. | BERLIN ……….In “2040”, a documentary which premiered at the Berlinale, Mr Gameau seeks to wrest hope from the bleak reports of climate change. He was inspired by Project Drawdown, the first comprehensive plan to reverse global warming, and the film is intended as a “virtual letter to his four-year-old daughter to show her an alternative future”. “Many films,” Mr Gameau thinks, are too dystopian, and “paint a future that is really hard to engage and to connect with”. “2040” acknowledges that the Earth has set off down a hazardous path, but focuses on the work that is being done now to steer the right course. What, the film asks, could make 2040 a time worth living in?…. (subscribers only) https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/02/19/2040-paints-an-optimistic-picture-of-the-future-of-the-environment